Neilsonia insculpta Hall 1856 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Murchisonia insculpta, Peruvispira insculpta

Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36

Belongs to Neilsonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Hoare et al. 1997, Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Neilsonia invisitata, Neilsonia laticincta, Neilsonia nuda, Neilsonia roscobiensis, Neilsonia uninodocarinata, Neilsonia welleri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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